"The four were martyred while carrying out their national duties during operation 'Restoring Hope' alongside the Arab coalition in support of legitimacy in Yemen," UAE's WAM news agency said.
These were identified as Lieutenant Khalifa Saif Said al-Khatri, Ali Mohammed Rashed al-Hassani, Sergeant Khamis Abdullah Khamis al-Zayudi and First Corporal Obeid Hamdan Said al-Abdouli.
In September 2015, 45 troops from the UAE were killed in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...when a missile struck an ammunition depot.
Earlier in the day, Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and the United Arab Emirates announced launched an assault on Yemen's third largest city, in the biggest battle of a three-year war between a Saudi-backed coalition and Iranian-aligned Houthi
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the
Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
rebels.
The air strikes on Wednesday morning targeting Houthi positions are supported by ground operations by Yemeni troops south of the Red Sea port, the internationally recognised Yemeni government-in-exile said in a statement.
The exiled government "has exhausted all peaceful and political means to remove the Houthi militia from the port of Hudaida", it said in a statement.